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What this subreddit does (self.spam)

Sporkicide[A] が 投稿 - stickied post

If you submit a link to a user profile here, the bot scans their activity to see if it's spammy. If it is, they will usually be banned. If the bot doesn't think they are spammy or can't make up it's mind, we will manually review the reported accounts as we have time.

If you run into a particularly annoying spammer or complex situation, please contact the admins via the /r/spam mail. Do not use this subreddit to report users for anything other than spam. If you are contacting the admins about non-spam issues, continue to use /r/reddit.com mail, or contact@reddit.com if you'd prefer to use email.

If you are a user who sees your profile reported here, don't immediately panic (unless you're actually a spammer). No action will be taken against your account unless you are breaking the rules. If you find yourself reported, please review the self promotion and spam rules to make sure that you aren't running afoul of them.

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[–]Pallas-Athena 18ポイント19ポイント  (0子コメント)

The bot should have a higher accrued karma threshold. It seems spammers who have been able to gather karma in their crafty ways earn a little too much for the bot to catch despite their spammy ways.

[–]facedefacer 15ポイント16ポイント  (41子コメント)

but you guys don't answer the modmails...

[–]HatesSpam 11ポイント12ポイント  (9子コメント)

Not the /r/spam modmails anyway... Are we to understand that this is changing?

[–]Sporkicide[S,A] 19ポイント20ポイント  (8子コメント)

Yes, that's the point.

[–]k71v5 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

I've sent a long list of spammers via modmail several times now and no response and the spammers are still in operation.

[–]Sporkicide[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm still working through the backlog. If it's not replied to by Monday, ping me again.

[–]Sporkicide[S,A] 6ポイント7ポイント  (27子コメント)

If you are just dropping in a link to a spammer, then you might not always get a reply, especially if it's one that has already been reported to us (sometimes multiple reports roll in together when a really obvious one becomes active). We're splitting this up between mailboxes is to make it easier for multiple admins to be working and to prevent messages from being missed.

[–]facedefacer 9ポイント10ポイント  (14子コメント)

personally I'm referring to the lack of response to my messages and posts about these spam domains

https://www.reddit.com/r/spam/comments/3cgj0d/domains_using_hundreds_of_single_post_accounts_to/

I've tried to keep it updated since new ones appear almost every day

[–]Sporkicide[S,A] 11ポイント12ポイント  (13子コメント)

OK, it looks like that did get skipped over - I'll work through those tonight when I get a chance.

For future reference, please submit updates as new posts and not comments.

[–]soundeziner 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is one of those things that needs to be part of a "Welcome to moderating package. When reporting SPAM..."

[–]ThrowawayPUA 6ポイント7ポイント  (9子コメント)

This seems to be a weak spot in handling submissions. I had a recent spam incident where there were multiple YouTube links posted, one each, from several new accounts. So I had no way to submit username1, username2, username3 etc. (I mean literally the guy used the same username with numerals 1, 2, 3 etc. after them). The bot wouldn't see it as spammy since the links would all look like good links to YouTube, there is no automated way to see those links all go to the same YouTube user account, and the bot doesn't see them as related accounts. Only human mods or admins can see the association between the usernames and the posts.

On another spam note, I am extremely disappointed to see the SEO_Killer project was discontinued. I talked to the programmer early in its life, I asked him a rhetorical question: why are redditors (and you in particular) doing something that reddit should be doing by themselves? And that is what he said when he dropped the project and deleted his account.

[–]SEO_Killer 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

The account deletion was due to issues unrelated to SEO_Killer. I was spending too much time moderating and it was negatively impacting my personal life.

[–]ThrowawayPUA 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Hmm.. I thought I saw some mention of that, in your goodbye message. But I understand where you're coming from, I think every good mod feels like they're spending too much time for a thankless task.

Still, the issue stands, why isn't reddit doing that job? Why was there even a need for an SEO Killer project in the first place?

[–]SEO_Killer 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

From the shutdown post:

Other concern: (this section edited in light of the Great Blackout) - Really, reddit ought to be doing automated spam detection on their own. Or at least be paying me to run it for them.

[–]heetothetee 0ポイント1ポイント  (5子コメント)

The bot wouldn't see it as spammy since the links would all look like good links to YouTube, there is no automated way to see those links all go to the same YouTube user account, and the bot doesn't see them as related accounts. Only human mods or admins can see the association between the usernames and the posts.

Right, and in such situations, I've sent modmail to /r/reddit.com listing the details, and the admins have taken action. And if I'm understanding correctly, /u/Sporkicide would prefer us to send such notices to /r/spam modmail instead, from now on.

[–]ThrowawayPUA 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

And if I'm understanding correctly, /u/Sporkicide would prefer us to send such notices to /r/spam modmail instead, from now on.

I didn't discern that from his message, I hope that's right.

I can't imagine how much mail the admins get. So to respect their time, whenever I write them an email, I try to be as succinct as possible, just a few short sentences, maybe with one brief "action item," something I'm asking them to do. If I can't explain my request simply, I just link to the problem and give them sufficient data to see it on their own.

I found that this method has worked pretty well when I worked with admins in the past.

[–]heetothetee 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

From the OP

If you run into a particularly annoying spammer or complex situation, please contact the admins via the /r/spam mail [...] If you are contacting the admins about non-spam issues, continue to use /r/reddit.com mail, or contact@reddit.com if you'd prefer to use email.

Emphasis mine.

Also see this comment and this one

[–]derpaherpa 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I just added this one a minute ago. You need to make clear whether self-posts are actually looked at by real people on this sub or (still) require an extra message to this sub.

[–]Sporkicide[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The bot runs over everything submitted, but doesn't entirely understand text describing spam rings or domain reports. Those have to be handled manually and are examined by us as we have time (so wait times might vary a bit). Please submit it here and it will be looked at. If it's very urgent or you think further discussion is needed, you can send a mod mail

[–]allthefoxes 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

Not getting a response is very discouraging.

I would hope a "thanks" could suffice at least

[–]Sporkicide[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

We're trying to improve that, although it's already way better than we were a year ago. We don't like missing messages, but with the volume of mail we get, sometimes it still happens. It's one of the reasons why we're splitting up these mailboxes.

[–]facedefacer 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

btw thanks for all the communication

[–]Sporkicide[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

We're working on it. I may not be as responsive this weekend (have to sleep sometime) but I'm trying to get everything out of the backlog.

[–]teckademics 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

How about adding me as an approved submitter? I've messaged modmail twice asking to be added and it's a pain in the ass when I'm going through my sub and have to wait 8 minutes for every user I submit.

[–]Clavis_Apocalypticae 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I followed the directions to become an approved submitter, as outlined on the sidebar. I got a response along the lines of, "um, OK, I guess".

I really get tired of feeling like they are doing me a favor sometimes.

[–]Madbrad200 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I asked once and got ignored as well. The restiction will go away eventually, it just takes awhile.

[–]fritzly 6ポイント7ポイント  (6子コメント)

I tried to get an alt as an approved submitter and I modmailed /r/spam at least a half dozen times and many spammers could not be reported because I was unable to. Any plans to automate that system?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ideasfortheadmins/comments/36agfp/write_a_bot_so_that_when_someone_submits_a_rspam/

[–]HatesSpam 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

This would be nice. I shamelessly use this alt for all my /r/spam submissions so as not to make any enemies, but often find myself hitting the "you are doing that too much" barrier.

[–]fritzly 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

that is a great spam report name

[–]hobbitqueen 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The sidebar said to message the mods to be approved if you were getting the filter, so I did (when reporting multiple spam accounts). I got a canned response about why that filter exists and about participating in the community more to gain more karma and get around it. But /r/spam isn't a community and if I started commenting on things (good catch, they're totally a spammer!) I don't think anything would happen. I responded as such and never got a response.

A few days later I sent another mod mail about being approved and this time a different mod approved me. So I do hope they're making changes to the way mod mails are being handled, and that it will be easier for users to be approved in the future.

[–]Ryth_The_Annihilator 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

/u/sporkacide

Keep this running from a /r/spam mod account (or create a dedicated bot account with access perms)

import praw
r=praw.Reddit('/r/spam autoapprover v1.0')
login('username','password')

subreddit = r.get_subreddit('spam')

for submission in praw.helpers.submission_stream(r,subreddit,limit=1000,verbosity=0):
    subreddit.add_contributor(submission.author)

[–]fritzly 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

thats perfect (I'm assuming since I don't know how to code). They use /u/request_bot in /r/redditrequest so using a bot here would be ok I assume.

[–]Walter_Bishop_PhD 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

damn, the PRAW api looks pretty

[–]Nicomachus__ 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Any chance of anonymizing the users that are reporting spammers?

[–]Sporkicide[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I can definitely see the value in that, but it's not something we can do at the moment (short of a CSS hack that would be extremely easy to circumvent).

[–]316nuts 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

If you run into a particularly annoying spammer or complex situation, please contact the admins via the /r/spam mail[1] . Do not use this subreddit to report users for anything other than spam. If you are contacting the admins about non-spam issues, continue to use /r/reddit.com mail[2] .

Okay.. so since we're having this conversation.. can you possibly clarify the communication methods you want to use and when?

In the past we've been told to send all admin-related issues to /r/reddit.com modmail. I don't think I've ever personally used /r/spam modmail, but I do understand why you'd want to handle things this way.

So.. where and when do we contact the admins and under what circumstances?

I've seen /r/reddit.com, /r/spam, contact@reddit.com and a few other communication channels used under various circumstances. All of this kinda got mentioned in passing during the latest "mod-admin communication" tiff.

Are you able to speak on your preferences of communications?

Thank you for your time, please pet a kitty for me.

[–]Sporkicide[S] 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

/r/reddit.com mail and contact@reddit.com are essentially the same and intended for the same purpose. We opened up contact@reddit.com so that users who may not have an account, wish to stay somewhat anonymous, or are having issues with their account still have a means of communication.

We haven't used /r/spam mod mail in the past regularly and are changing that to make it easier for us to divide up simultaneous work now that we have more CMs.

[–]316nuts 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

thank you for the clarification :3

[–]llehsadam 3ポイント4ポイント  (17子コメント)

It has almost always been moderators that report spam, imagine how that could change if you make it clear to redditors that any user can report spam. If you present it in the right way to the community and enough people report spam when they see it... I think you'd effectively get rid of the spam problem.

[–]pdboddy 3ポイント4ポイント  (6子コメント)

The thing is, this can cause more problems than it fixes. I only learned of r/Spam because a user reported me here as 'vote manipulation'. Having a huge influx of people reporting spam will be a big headache as some won't take the time to read up on what counts as spam (with the accompanying complaints of why didn't you ban this user..) and other will have found a new tool to annoy people with.

[–]llehsadam 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

If the person isn't a spammer, the person won't be banned. This subreddit has a script so even if people don't read up on what is spam, their submitted reports will be ignored.

I think we should let everyone know this place exists and let the script judge you, no admins involved until the appeal process!

[–]pdboddy -1ポイント0ポイント  (4子コメント)

People have been shadowbanned and have had to appeal their bans, despite not being a spammer. Innocent folks do get caught up in it.

[–]llehsadam 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

Are you sure that had to do with /r/spam? It might have been the brigading script... that's something different.

[–]pdboddy -1ポイント0ポイント  (2子コメント)

No. A user in WorldofWarships is a regular poster of links to WoWs videos on their YouTube channel, something that is allowed by the WoWs sub. Another user, who has made a video sub for WoWs, reported the first user for spam. I can only guess the guy is mad that people won't post content to his subreddit. shrug

Said YouTuber was shadowbanned and had to appeal his ban, along with two others.

There has been much drama this week in the WoWs sub.

[–]llehsadam 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Good example. I forgot about YouTubers.

I guess they are in the grey area and know about the whole spam thing. If we get an efficient system going here with many subscribers, properly moderated, then there should be less drama because moderators can react more quickly than admins.

[–]pdboddy -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well, they find out about the whole spam thing when they get reported here, usually. I mean, you can look at the folks in the WoWs sub, and you can see that they're obviously not spammers. But they can still get reported here, and the bots are not infallible.

[–]Werner__Herzog 0ポイント1ポイント  (8子コメント)

Users who understand this already do. Those who don't probably shouldn't use this sub before educating themselves.

[–]llehsadam 0ポイント1ポイント  (7子コメント)

Does it really mess up the script if people submit normal users? Do admins actually go through every submission?

I thought this place was automated... so false reports wouldn't be a problem for the program.

[–]Werner__Herzog 0ポイント1ポイント  (5子コメント)

Does it really mess up the script if people submit normal users?

I don't think so. The bot really only bans the most obvious spammer

Do admins actually go through every submission?

Not regulary and technically probably not every post. They do it from time to time, I presume. Because stuff that didn't get banned by the bot (something that usually only takes a few minutes) got banned for me after a few days. But if people start to submit more false reports it'll just make their work harder.

[–]llehsadam 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

I think they could solve that problem by treating this place like ever other subreddit. Get normal moderators on /r/spam that sift the posts like we always do and then the moderators submit the spammers the bot missed directly to the admins. That way we can get all of reddit on board in cleaning up spam and the admins have less work to do. The moderators that take this job don't really have a hard job and I'm sure there are quite a few that would like to do it.

[–]Werner__Herzog 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

Well that was r/reportthespammers. For some reason the admins decided not to work with them anymore. It was quite the controversial decision. But it was closed down.

[–]Sporkicide[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

That was a decision made by the moderators of that subreddit, not the admins.

[–]Werner__Herzog 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

The message on the private page is at the very least ambiguous about the closing, but honestly makes it sounds like you guys didn't want the sub to operate the way it did anymore.

Admin appear to no longer value RTS as a useful resource.

Consequently if they do not feel RTS is a useful resource, we see no reason to keep RTS running.

I assume there is more to the story and none of the involved parties will want to reveal more details (or maybe they did, but it was kind of long ago, I won't hunt any statements down), and I'm okay with it. I'll refrain from saying admins didn't want it anymore.

[–]llehsadam 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think we should reopen it with more moderators (or make /r/spam like that) and the admins have to make it clear in an announcement how the /r/spam script works and make an easy button to report links to the subreddit.

Making regular announcements about /r/spam are vital if people are to notice this place.

It might be a mess at first... but hell... the admins can make hundreds of willing mods moderate /r/spam and like /r/science mods will get it organized. Sifting through spam can be a part of our job.

/r/spam could even become a default. Whatever works to get the community in on this from the get-go. I mean... why not get the community in on this? You want to use reddit, then help us control spam. It'd make the whole process extremely efficient.

[–]Sporkicide[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

It doesn't mess anything up. We do manually review submissions that the bot doesn't make a judgment on.

[–]Sporkicide[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Any user can report spam here. One of the most popular browser extensions (RES) makes it trivially easy to report spam via this subreddit. We also mention it here.

[–]josetavares 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thanks :)

[–]chalkchick0 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

As to spammers, what is the minimum number of spam posts a user may make before they can be posted in /r/spam?

I ask because there is a user who keeps posting rain boots ads to /r/raining (and other subs) but also uses a different account every one to three times or is deleting and repeating. I see similar rotating spam accounts in other subs as well.

Can we post an account of one instance of spamming under these conditions?

Sorry if this post is the wrong venue for this question but I've been wondering for quite sometime and wasn't sure where to ask.

[–]Sporkicide[S] 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

There is no minimum number. However, it sounds like what you're dealing with is a bit more sophisticated, so in that case I would collect links to a couple of examples of the spammy posts and either make a text post here (it won't be automatically worked like bot posts, but will get looked at by a human) or send a mod mail explaining the situation.

[–]chalkchick0 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thank you for the info.

[–]Alphadog33 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

I'm a mod at /r/thesefuckingaccounts, which is a subreddit where people gather to identify spammers and discuss their tactics.

For the record...I distrust the algorithm that governs /r/spam, and think the administrators would be wise to ditch it altogether and come up with an actual human-controlled system for dealing with spammers.

[–]Sporkicide[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm aware of your subreddit :)

The bot isn't perfect, but it does the basics for now until we can make bigger improvements.

[–]pdboddy 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Thank you for explaining the last bit about finding one's profile listed here.

[–]Sporkicide[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's getting to be a very common question.

[–]Skuld 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Cheers, will spread the word.

[–]llehsadam 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

While we're on the topic, I'd just like to say I don't know who made it... but this bot is ridiculously efficient: /u/CDRE_64

[–]CDRE_64 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

There's probably more spam than non-spam that gets posted so it's not difficult.

[–]charredgrass 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Did not know this was a thing, thanks!

[–]Jiecut 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Could I get approved submitter status?

Running into problems submitting links.

[–]Madbrad200 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

You may want to send a modmail as well. It will go away eventually, it'll just takes its time.

[–]Jiecut 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

How do people post the recent submission history tables?

[–]sexrockandroll 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have to admit, despite the flaws in the script, this subreddit as a whole is a pretty neat way to handle user spam reports.

[–]kooldawgstar 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I sent a request to be added to the apporved submitter list a while back but I never received a response. Would it be possible to be added to it?

[–]johnsmcjohn 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

How often does the bot run? I reported someone as a spammer 7 hours ago yet they remain.

[–]Sporkicide[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The bot usually looks within a few minutes of being posted. If the bot doesn't get them, we manually review those when time permits, usually within a day or two under normal circumstances.

[–]derpaherpa 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

If you've found something you suspect is a spam ring or a spammy domain, please submit it as a text post and include links to the userpages you suspect are involved.

Is anyone looking at the self posts, now? It never seemed like anyone did, before. "Primarily manned by a bot" was pretty useless information in that regard.

[–]Sporkicide[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Someone has always looked at them, although we have recently been running behind on them.

[–]chismaquina 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Does this include private messages I got from someone who wants to introduce me to Jesus so he can save me from my cock whore ways?

I did respond saying I wanna be Jesus's secret man flesh tongue cleaner though. Should I not engage the spammer for it to be spam?

[–]backpackwayne -3ポイント-2ポイント  (19子コメント)

What do you do when a user is abusing his spam privileges and reporting things repeatedly that are not spam? I have one person who has gotten over a hundred people banned from my sub simply for making a single post there.

[–]ultradip 7ポイント8ポイント  (4子コメント)

According to the wiki at https://www.reddit.com/wiki/faq#wiki_what_constitutes_spam.3F , bullet point two is why those users fall under spam. The admins don't appear to differentiate based on why someone might be posting.

My guess is that the admins remain hands-off from actively endorsing those kinds of subs, so they probably don't want to tacitly endorse them either by making exceptions to the rules for them.

[–]backpackwayne -3ポイント-2ポイント  (3子コメント)

It really sucks. They only get banned because he reports them and then the bot does it. Over 100 people have been banned in the last month due to one person. He is singling out my subreddit. It is just not right.

[–]ultradip 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

I don't think it's just your sub. Several of those users made similar posts in multiple subs with the same requests. It's the lack of participation in the greater Reddit community that makes them stand out.

[–]backpackwayne -2ポイント-1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Some are but most aren't. He absolutely targets my subreddit. He goes through it daily.

[–]ultradip 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Do you believe the admins should make yours a special case, or that the user should be forced to stop? He's exercising the absolute same right all Reddit users have.

You have to look at the context of all of Reddit and not just your subs in understanding that policy on the site has to be applied equally across all subs and all users.

[–]CatCasual 5ポイント6ポイント  (7子コメント)

Imagine someone you don't know e-mails you and asks you to give them money. You proceed to ask your friends, turns out nobody else knows them either. You have no proof of their name, their location, or their honesty, just the begging.

How is that different from someone registering on reddit to beg for money? Spam is kinda subjective, sure, and I know you are protective of your users, but speaking for myself, that is clearly spam and I don't want to see it anywhere. Thank you, person that bothers to report them.

[–]backpackwayne -4ポイント-3ポイント  (6子コメント)

So my entire subreddit is spam all of a sudden? No one is emailing anyone. It is what my subreddit does. We help people. We have been doing it for five years and because of one person doesn't like it, all of a sudden it is spam. And it's people just asking for advice as well. They are spammers now too?

[–]CatCasual 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I never said your entire subreddit is spam; most people there are established redditors, and will not be banned even if someone submits them to /r/spam.

No one is emailing anyone

Sure it's a different medium, but it still lands on my frontpage and I would rather not have it there.

And it's people just asking for advice as well. They are spammers now too?

No I don't mind anyone asking for advice from a new account. I do mind begging for money though.

[–]-waynes-world- 2ポイント3ポイント  (4子コメント)

because of one person doesn't like it, all of a sudden it is spam

One person does not determine what is spam. This 'one person' you are blaming everything on is only reporting what he believes to be spam in the manner set up to do so. It seems that if these 100 or so people have been banned then the person reporting them is correct in doing so

[–]backpackwayne -2ポイント-1ポイント  (3子コメント)

Actually that is not the case. he reports it. And their bot shadow bans them. No one is reviewing these cases.

[–]-waynes-world- 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

Whose bot shadow bans them?

Edit, in order to go ahead and get to the point, I'll answer for you, it is the admins bot is it not? Are you trying to insinuate that the admins are unable to program a bot according to their rules for what constitutes a scammer? Do you really think they are that stupid?

[–]backpackwayne -2ポイント-1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Ye it is the administrators' bot. And yes they are unable to differentiate that these are not spam.

[–]-waynes-world- 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

You keep trying to insist that they are not spamming, but this is only your opinion. And while you are entitled to it, you have given no actual evidence that they aren't spammers. That may be your first step in trying to convince other people that you are correct

[–]throwme932 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

When one user (namely /u/backpackwayne) tells anyone who is shadowbanned that they are shadowbanned for spam and repeatedly names the person (that they sound like they have a personal problem with) reporting them, isn't that trying to circumvent the rules of Reddit and harassment by pointing potentially angry people at that user? It is systematic negative attention.

The Reddit rules says If your contribution to reddit consists mostly of submitting links to a site(s) that you own or otherwise benefit from in some way, and additionally if you do not participate in discussion, or reply to peoples questions, regardless of how many upvotes your submissions get, you are a spammer. If over 10% of your submissions and conversation are your own site/content/affiliate links, you're almost certainly a spammer.

People who only post to benefit are spammers by the rules of reddit.

You do not decide who is a spammer and who is not. That is the rule for everyone on the whole site.

People who post all over reddit to discuss things and post in Assistance, RAOP, food_pantry are not spammers by the rules of reddit.

To point potentially angry people at the same user over and over saying that it is their fault that something bad happened to them sounds like harassment too.

[–]backpackwayne -3ポイント-2ポイント  (4子コメント)

You had to make a brand new account to say that?

So I will assume this is you. (namely /u/youhatemeandihateyou) You report people that are not spammers and they get shadowbanned. I tell these people to contact the administrator to get their account back and let them know who has abused their spam reporting privileges. And you think it is you that is being harassed? You are the one that is harassing people. You have gotten over 100 people shadowbanned just for making a post in my subreddit. And you are the one being harassed?

[–]-waynes-world- 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

I'm sure the admins can look and see who reported them as spammers, there is no need for you harass another redditor in order for them to find out

[–]backpackwayne -2ポイント-1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yes I am sure they can but they don't. I am amazed you think I am the one doing the harassing. This person is getting people shadow banned every day in my subreddit. And I am the one harassing him? He is harassing people. He is abusing his spam rpeorting privileges. I can contact them in regards to the shadowbanned person and tell them what is happening. Only the person being shadow banned can.

[–]-waynes-world- 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

This person is getting people shadow banned every day

This person is reporting possible scammers every day. FTFY

And as I posted already, if they are getting banned, then it seems obvious that he is doing the correct thing

[–]Suitandlie 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Congrats on finally getting the username mention of the spam reporter spelled correctly! It took you a few weeks to figure out how to copy paste it, huh?

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